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Although this could very well be a picture of me finding a new treasure at a favorite nursery, it's actually an illustration by David Catrow for a children's book called Plantzilla.

Friday, December 9, 2016

Willow Tree Gardens is Ready for Winter!

Just before Thanksgiving, I visited Willow Tree Gardens to enjoy their Christmas open house.  I'll post some of the glitz of the holiday carnival later.  Today, for the end of the second week of Advent, are some shots of the outside.  How lucky we are to live in a climate where there's something interesting happening in the garden year round!

Sempervivum (always alive) are aptly named and looking marvelous!



I rather like the arcs of hecureas in these displays. Do you see that poppy blooming?

It's a perennial Oriental Poppy (Papaver orientale)  What sort of magic is this?



What to do with that old wicker furniture?  Use it to display pots!  

Fun colors but they look like they'd be a bit chilly outside this winter.

The truck garden has produced veggies all summer but the large squash (or was it a pumpkin this year?) that grew from a pot where the engine was has been cut back.

Happy weekend!

8 comments:

  1. That gorgeous poppy is crazy! It wouldn't be given the time of day in July, vying for attention; today it's a star! One day I'll find a suitable rusty iron chair (like that bellow the poppy picture) and plant it's seat full of succulents.
    A light dusting of snow in West Seattle this morning; TGIF.

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  2. We got about an inch and a half and a two hour late start. Roads are clear now.

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  3. I love surprises like that out-of-season poppy bloom. That's a great selection of sempervivums too - none of those I've seen locally are colored up like that but perhaps that's just reflective of the temperature difference between our locations (even if we do think 60F is VERY cold here).

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  4. Ha! I kind of like the lizards. Seems like we'd share the same sentiments about winter.

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  5. Since it's very cold and going to snow here, we don't want to think about you having year round plants.

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  6. I don't think the blooming plants will be looking so good this week. I noticed the Rosamunde Rhodie in our neighbor's yard that was blooming now has brown blobs where the trusses were.

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  7. Yes, you are lucky! Plus, you get some snow occasionally, too. Seems like you live in a very good place for a gardener. I miss my plants during the winter. I'm so glad I have a sunroom to overwinter a few of them.

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  8. Your winter looks more like spring to me, odd to have the pot with ornamental grasses (fall) eight alongside the pansies (spring). We are getting ready to hunker down for a few nights in the teens and single digits. I can't say I'm excited for that...

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